Meditation as a Radical Practice
What do you practice to see, hear, feel, think, and act clearly?
Since I am a teenager, I am practicing some sort of yoga, almost every day. The practice of meditation came later.
When I miss my daily practice, I feel it. I feel it in my body, but even more so in my everyday communication with the world and myself. When I am not based in my body, when I am not grounded in my mind, I tend to overreact, underreact, project, compare, and multitask. I overreact by screaming at my kids. I underreact when I do not pay enough attention to my dog’s education. I project my old wounds onto my loved one’s nowadays behavior. I compare myself to all my favorite activists, artists, writers, interior designers, politicians, yogis, and meditation teachers all at once. I try to juggle my big upper management job, a household, a family, my business, my mindfulness practice, an artist life, and being connected to my friends.
When I do succeed to focus on my daily meditative practice, I mostly manage to be here, to be present. I place my children’s fits in a calm manner and act accordingly and empathetically. I am present on my dog walks. Instead of me daydreaming or turning thoughts in my head, she and I can explore the world together. I can meet the love of my life at heart and eye level. No general blaming, no…
